Noto

The senses tell about Palazzo Trigona

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Corbels and masks

Baroque civic architecture is marked by some strongly characteristic elements, including the corbels that support the balconies.
The stone elements embedded in the wall were worked by master stonemasons into the most imaginative shapes.

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Rococo fabrics and furnishings

The house had to reflect the importance of the family that lived there, so it was essential to oversee all the details in the interior decoration, especially in the reception rooms.
The rooms were decorated in the French Rococo style in vogue at the time, especially in the choice of furniture and precious fabrics.

Militello: The story of an enlightened fiefdom

The senses tell the Cathedral of San Giorgio

The Duomo di San Giorgio (Cathedral of St. George)

A compromise between Neoclassicism and Baroque

The two churches

The Infiorata of Noto, a modern tradition

The senses tell of Palazzo della Cancelleria

The new roads of the city

A heritage of votive works

Views denied, views conquered: the power of the devout Benedictines

Scicli, the city of Baroque scenery

The senses tell the Church of San Michele

Scenography and devotion for St. Agatha

The city palace

The Benedictines’ library

Baroque and the loss of balance in the 16th century

The senses tell the story of the Sanctuary Church of Santa Maria della Stella

The illusion of light and the decorative splendour

The city within the city

The senses tell about Palazzo Zacco

The beginning of an authentic Baroque conception

The senses tell the Church of San Domenico

The senses tell of the Cathedral of San Pietro

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Carlo and the former Jesuit college

One city, three sites

Rebirth and urban planning of the city of Noto

Palazzo Trigona: a building with a complex shape

A Nobel Prize in Modica

San Domenico and Gagliardi’s work

The senses tell the Cathedral of Sant’Agata

The triumph of Baroque: expansion of spaces

From the end of the world to rebirth from the rubble

The Monastery of the Benedictine nuns

Palazzo Trigona di Canicarao

The freedom of worship and the Catholic Church’s role in the diffusion of Baroque

Baroque creativity: recurring themes

The Staircase of Angels

The church and the college

Akrai and Syracuse: an unbreakable bond

The interior and works of art

The dynamics of the Church of San Michele

The senses tell the Benedictine Monastery and the Church of San Nicolò l’Arena

A story of rebirth

Virtuosity, decorations and altars

Madonna of the Militia: a singular warrior virgin

The Palazzo dei due mori

Palazzo della Cancelleria: from former stable to the Nicastro family

The palace, the town, the church

Expansion, spatiality and light in the church of San Domenico

The Church of Madonna della Stella

The city of Modica, a balance between nature and urbanism

Reconstruction after the earthquake

Verticality and dynamism of the façade of the Church of San Carlo

The senses tell about Palazzo Beneventano

The Church of St. Francis

The senses tell the story of the Church of Santa Maria del Monte

The eagle-shaped city

The Badia di Sant’Agata (St. Agatha’s Abbey)

Scenography, lights and colours of the cathedral

The casket of austerity under the great dome

Expanded spaces, stucco and colourful lights

The interiors: diffused light and Byzantine relics

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Benedetto

Majestic exteriors, grandiose interiors

The expansion of space and changing reality

Altars, saints and sculptural works

A casket of precious works

Art in the cathedral

Garden of Novices and the restorations by Giancarlo De Carlo

The neo-Gothic seminary chapel: symbols, light and space

The Church of St. Benedict

The Monte delle Prestanze in the new city layout

The senses tell about Palazzo Ducezio

St. Agatha and the candelore

The Church of St. John the Evangelist

The works in the church

The senses tell the Cathedral of San Giorgio

The art of maiolica

Piazza Duomo, the elephant fountain, the heart of the city

The Madonna dei Conadomini and the art of devotion

The senses tell about Palazzo Trigona

The Church of St. Julian on Via dei Crociferi

The church of San Nicolò l’Arena: the majesty of an unfinished beauty

The smallest Greek theatre in the world

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Giovanni Evangelista

A new site for the church of San Giorgio

Luminous sacred spaces

Religious architecture

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Paolo

A unifying project for the city of Catania

Unusual iconographies: the Burgos crucifix

The articulated interior spaces

The Antonino Uccello Birthplace Museum

The church and the monastery

The senses tell the story of the Church of San Giuliano ai Crociferi

Fountain of the Nymph Zizza: public water in the town

The Franciscan convent

Palazzo Zacco, a balance between sobriety and decoration

The interior of the church: space and colour

City and nature

A stone garden

The Church of St. Mary of the Mountain

The senses tell the story of the Church of the Badia di Sant’Agata

Geometry and wonder in civic architecture in the Baroque of the Val di Noto

The Church of St. Paul

Barresi-Branciforte: the lords of the fiefdom and the modernisation of the town